23rd. I just emphasized it because it’s important.
The wind-blown swordsman Sangmucheon said with an ashamed expression.
“I am sorry that I am a disciple and have caused trouble to you, Master. However, I will arrive in Suzhou tomorrow. Please rest there for a few days and recover from the aftereffects first.”
For Sangmucheon, who was taking his master with him, the subjugation of O Bong San Chae was not even a concern. His mind was filled with the thought, ‘Where should I take him after the subjugation is over?’
“Haha, what a waste. It’s a luxury to think back to the time when I used to wander around with the sky as my blanket and the earth as my floor.”
The merchant looked at Sangmucheon with a kind smile.
What are you complaining about when you should be thanking me for giving you an escape from your boring daily life?
The two priests waited for the food to be served in a warm atmosphere.
But soon, Sangmucheon’s face became frowning.
The sound of three men talking right next to me was really annoying.
“This time, Mansu Sangbang is waiting for you?”
“I think it’ll be hard. Namyangsangbang and Mansusanbang are the same. To be frank, if Namyangsangbang doesn’t work, Mansusanbang won’t work either. Right?”
“That’s true, but… … .”
“Oh! I guess these people haven’t heard the news yet. Didn’t you know that the Mansu Sangbang rushed to the Mudangpa? If the Mudangpa intervened, would a small mountain village be a problem?”
“Wow! Really? But will the non-partisan group help me?”
“I’ll help you. The leader of Mansu Sangbang is from the non-partisan faction.”
“What, it’s just a secular school. There are more than one or two secular disciples.”
“Hey, you. You must have run there because you had money from Mansu Sangbang. Are the means of merchants ordinary?”
“but.”
“The good times are gone. If the shamans come out, even the roots of O Bong San Chae will be uprooted.”
“I want to know. If you have to ask for help from the shamans to subdue one mountain herb, is Mansu Sangbang weak? Or is Obong Sanchae strong?”
“Huh? Now that I think about it, it’s strange. Mansoo Sangbang boasted loudly that he was the best in Hanam Province. How much did the warriors there walk around with their shoulders hunched over? But wasn’t it the recently built Obongsanchae that was scary?”
“It was a bubble.”
Sangmucheon, whose pride was hurt by the word ‘bubble’, clenched his molars.
The merchant of heaven and earth clicked his tongue lightly at that sight.
“Tsk tsk! How can you be so happy or sad at the words of others? You’ve lost your mind. After you’ve dealt with this, you should go and do some closed-door training.”
“I’m sorry.”
“By the way, is it true that among the thieves there are some who are quite skilled in martial arts?”
“The leader of the Nanyang Shangfang, the Gyeongcheon Swordsman Lee Mu-ryang, is a disciple of the Hwasanpa Yuun Jinin. It seems that he personally went out to punish them but failed… … .”
“Hmm, do you know anything about the Mysterious Master?”
“Not really. He’s said to be a teenage boy, but no one has confirmed his age.”
“You don’t even know who your teacher is?”
“Mansu Sangbang suspects that you may be a disciple of Pacheonma Gun.”
The merchant of heaven and earth was silent for a moment in front of the nickname of the Pacheonma-gun. The simple thought and action he had taken felt a bit complicated.
“No way. If the Pacheonma-gun had such a disciple, rumors would have spread already.”
The merchant of heaven and earth, who knew a little about the nature of the Pacheonma Army, shook his head. There was no way that the boastful man would keep such an excellent disciple hidden!
“But isn’t there anyone else in the Green Forest who can raise such a skilled person?”
“Well, the world is big and there are many eccentric people… … .”
“If by any chance the thief is a disciple of the Demon Lord Pacheon, it would be better to avoid killing him, right?”
“Is it for the upper room? Or… … .”
The merchant of heaven and earth suddenly looked at Sangmucheon.
Sangmucheon felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at those profound eyes and was startled. It seemed that if he brought up even the shamanistic ideology here, he would be reprimanded.
“Well, that’s why I said that because if you lose to Nokrim and Cheok, it will be difficult to go up.”
“I see? I’ll consider it. I don’t want the passengers to be inconvenienced because of me. Right… .”
Only then did Sangmucheon breathe a sigh of relief.
Unlike the Ark of the Ark, the Master is a person from a completely different world. When we talk in a comfortable atmosphere, there are times when we forget that fact and make a slip of the tongue.
***
Hanamseong.
Bobong-hyeon Ha-ga-chon.
The village chief readily accepted Chaeju Poongyeoncho’s request to ‘save Chanmo’. Although he didn’t say it out loud, it was actually a welcome thing for Hagachon. The village elders even said, ‘We are grateful that you will take care of those who are having a hard time making a living in Sanchae.’
Contrary to the concerns of the debt collector Tak Go-myeong, who asked, “Would a woman in her right mind come to Chan-mo?” Chan-mo was quickly rescued. This was because there were many widows who barely made a living by selling themselves as day laborers.
The fact that the heroes of O Bong San Chae have recently been spending a lot of money in Ha Ga Village also played a part. If they had said last year that they would ‘provide food, clothing, and shelter as well as a monthly salary’, it would have been dismissed as nonsense.
However, the people of Hagachon today do not doubt the words of O Bong Sanchae. This is because even now, there are quite a few people who work in Sanchae for money.
The village chief chose five widows with many children from among the applicants and sent them up alive. The intention was to reduce the number of mouths to feed in the village.
Because of the increased number of military personnel, three more houses had to be built, but Poongyeoncho was rather pleased with it. The once desolate mountain village had finally become a place where people could live.
The number of children brought by the widows was twelve in all.
After just one day, the children started running around in groups, making noise.
Yeon Jeok-ha, who was teaching Han Chae-yeon and Ha So-baek in a corner of the yard, shouted at the children who were slowly approaching.
“Don’t go away, you little bastards!”
The children were startled by Yeonjeokha’s fierce gaze and quickly ran away to the other side.
Han Chae-yeon, who was swinging her sword while sweating profusely, asked with a puzzled look on her face.
“I guess your brother doesn’t like kids?”
“uh.”
“Oh my, why? Isn’t it cute?”
“not really.”
Han Chae-yeon tilted her head as she saw Yeon-jeok-ha’s displeased eyes.
“Hmph!”
He even spat on the spot where the children he was dating had left.
Han Chae-yeon couldn’t help but be surprised by Yeon Jeok-ha’s unexpectedly rough attitude. Who would have thought that Yeon Jeok-ha, who is usually innocent unless someone picks a fight, would act like that!
Ha So-baek, who felt compassion for the children because they were from the same village, cautiously intervened.
“You really don’t like kids. What do you dislike so much?”
For a moment, Yeonjeokha’s eyebrows twitched.
I remembered the time when I was a wandering beggar and was hit by stones thrown by village children, and bled. It was the same when I passed through Hagachon last summer. There must have been one of those kids who threw stones that day.
The more I think about it, the more annoyed I get, but I don’t want to go into detail about the past.
“Let’s stop talking about that. What we’re going to learn this time is how to breathe. But before that, we have to memorize the three hundred character Buddhist scriptures.”
Then, the first three hundred characters of the nine hundred character Buddhist scriptures of the Gocheonyeoiljinkyung flowed out from Yeonjeokha’s mouth.
“He who seeks the nine heavenly qi must rectify his own mind [九天氣得者 應如是降伏其心]. The nine heavenly qi is neither real nor empty [九天氣 無實無虛]… … .”
Han Chae-yeon and Ha So-baek concentrated their minds, but after half a day, they could only memorize one hundred characters.
Since I had no experience teaching anyone, I no longer had any interest in the teachings.
He guided the women to the next step: breathing.
Thanks to the Baekja Dharma talk, even though it was their first time studying, the two of them quickly fell into deep breathing.
The sight of others in a state of selflessness aroused a strange emotion in Yeonjeokha.
Although he grew up in a martial arts family, he had never seen the process of practicing qigong up close. To him, the sight of the women was shocking and moving.
Seeing the human figure that has become one with water, phrases that were vague before have become more concrete. It’s like learning the basics that I should have learned a long time ago in reverse.
He sat cross-legged next to the women he was in love with and recited the nine verses of the Nine Thousand-Yeo-Il-Jin-Gyeong.
Time passed in silence and desolation.
The first person to open his eyes was Ha So-baek, who had no basic martial arts skills whatsoever.
Next, Han Chae-yeon woke up from meditation.
When Ha So-baek tried to shout out in joy, Han Chae-yeon pretended to cover his mouth and said, “Shhh.”
Only then did Hasobaek see Yeonjeokha practicing and shut his mouth tightly.
Gooooo-.
For a moment, the air around Yeonjeokha vibrated.
Immediately afterwards, Yeonjeokha’s body floated about a span into the air.
Five flowers in colors of blue, red, white, black, and yellow appeared above his head and then disappeared, and soon three flowers shining golden bloomed.
Then, all the air flowers dispersed into fog and disappeared, and Yeonjeokha’s body gradually changed into a state of emptiness, as if it were there and not there.
The two women’s eyes widened at the article they saw for the first time.
Wheeing-.
The wind seemed to swirl fiercely around Yeonjeokha’s body, and then her body slowly sank.
Flash.
As Yeonjeok-ha opened her eyes, a flash of light poured out.
But after he blinked a few times, his gaze settled back into normal.
The two women were speechless at the astonishing sight. The phenomenon that occurred in Yeonjeokha’s body was something they had never heard of before.
When his eyes met with the two people he was in love with, he got up from his seat with an embarrassed face.
“From now on, you must breathe while reciting the Dharma every morning and evening. Do you understand?”
“yes!”
“Yes! Brother!”
The two women answered in determined tones.
They became convinced that if they worked hard, they could become martial artists of the world.
He decided to teach the two women, who were in a relationship, the method of ascending to the sky, one of the nine heavenly laws.
“I’ll teach you one more. Look carefully. This is more complicated than the anti-demon technique you learned before. It’s called the first technique of the Nine Heavens Law, the Flying Dragon Ascension. First, think of raising your energy and sending it to your fingertips. Then, lower the tip of your sword so that it points toward the floor. The moment you feel the energy flowing from your fingertips to the sword, slash diagonally from left to right, and then from right to left again. Like this!”
Along with the words, the sword of the Yeonjeokha rose in the shape of a [之].
Then, the ball gently drew a semicircle from the top and fell to the ground.
The wind that poured out from the park swept straight ahead.
The two women opened their eyes wide and were captivated by the bizarre sight created by a single stick.
At that moment, I completely forgot the thought that the Nine Heavenly Laws that I was fighting against were the secret techniques of Waryongjang.
“If you look at the sword, there are things like the change of yin and yang, and the change of geon and gon. But you don’t have to know that. Just think of it as raising the energy and then pouring it out. I didn’t know much about it at first either. But one day… … .”
He generously shared his deepest thoughts about love.
But in the process, unexpected side effects were revealed.
For example, he was locked in a warehouse and lived alone for ten years. As a result, he had no chance to speak. However, he was able to open up his mouth after learning martial arts. He had held back his words for ten years and showed no intention of stopping.
The two women, initially surprised by Yeonjeokha’s hidden inaction, tried not to miss a single word he said. However, there is a limit to concentration.
As the boring explanation went on for over 30 minutes, even the words I had initially heard became vague.
Han Chae-yeon, who couldn’t stand it any longer, intervened.
“Brother, that’s enough explaining. Show me the movements again. I’ve heard you say so much that I’ve forgotten everything.”
Only then did the words that had been pouring out like a flood suddenly stop.
“Oh, right. I see. I guess I got a little excited. You said that those who want to learn the Nine Heavenly Swords must correct their own minds. Do you remember the hundred-character Nine Heavenly Swords that we studied so diligently earlier? The Nine Heavenly Swords are empty and empty… .”
“Yes, yes, I know. Please show me the Dragon Ascension again. I’m so dizzy.”
“Me too, brother. My head is starting to hurt.”
When even the quiet Ha So-baek started to cry, Yeon-jeok quickly got up from his seat.
“Okay. I just emphasized it because it was important. I’ll show you again slowly from now on.”
He continued to explain the secrets contained within the sphere without stopping, unfolding the splendid recipe. The two women frowned deeply, but I believed it was because it was difficult.
Wuxia,
